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This week has seen many encomiums to the great children's book author Maurice Sendak, who died on Tuesday at the age of 83. As it happens, tomorrow marks the two hundredth birthday of one of Sendak's predecessors in playful children's literature: Edward Lear. That got me thinking about the grand tradition of wordplay in books for children, from Lear and Carroll to Seuss and Sendak. Continue reading...

Last month, we brought you a new video tour of our pronunciation feature that helps you better understand words as you learn. Now, a new study suggests that this feature is not just helpful — it may be essential for learning new words. Continue reading...

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by quizzing yourself on vocabulary he used in "I Have a Dream" and "Letter from Birmingham City Jail." Teachers, find more MLK learning resources here. Continue reading...

If you chose word learning as your resolution this year on Vocabulary.com, it's time to take your resolution to the next level by checking out all the other great resources on the site. Continue reading...

Become your own Bergerac with "Love Letter Words for Valentine's Day," a Vocabulary List of synonyms for "beautiful," "love," "desire," "need," and "heart."

(This list was created using the Vocabulary.com Dictionary's Advanced Search synonym finder. Learn more about Advanced Search with this short how-to video here.)

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This year, millions of learners from around the world mastered new words with Vocabulary.com. We're looking back at the viral vocabulary and captivating collections for a story of the year in words. Continue reading...

Tomorrow is the birthday of beloved Irish playwright, novelist, and poet Oscar Wilde, born in 1854. Celebrate his life and writing with three vocabulary lists from "The Importance of Being Earnest," and an infographic detailing his quotability factor. Continue reading...

This holiday season, quiz yourself on tricky words from well-known carols with Words for Carolers.

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It's that time of year -- when you vow to do better in all things and yet, even as you solemnly swear, you know most of us will abandon our resolutions early on in the coming year. The good news? You're here on Vocabulary.com, which is designed to transform your current resolution into a word learning habit that affects the way you speak, read, write, and think. Here's how we make your resolution stick. Continue reading...